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#03CAEF

#03caef ≈ Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#03caef is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 1.18% red, 79.22% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 98.74% cyan, 15.48% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 189.41°, with 97.52% saturation and 47.45% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 7.54.

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Web safe#00ccff
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Relative luminance0.4849

Complementary

  1. #03caef
  2. #ef2803

Split complementary

  1. #03caef
  2. #ef0354
  3. #ef9e03

Analogous

  1. #03ef9e
  2. #03caef
  3. #0354ef

Triadic

  1. #03caef
  2. #ef03ca
  3. #caef03

Tetradic

  1. #03caef
  2. #2803ef
  3. #ef2803
  4. #caef03

Square

  1. #03caef
  2. #9e03ef
  3. #ef2803
  4. #54ef03

Monochromatic

  1. #014a58
  2. #028aa3
  3. #03caef
  4. #42dffd
  5. #8decfe

Shades

#03caef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #03caef
  2. #03b6d7
  3. #02a2bf
  4. #028da7
  5. #02798f
  6. #026578
  7. #015160
  8. #013d48
  9. #012830
  10. #001418
  11. #000000

Tints

#03caef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #03caef
  2. #1ccff1
  3. #35d5f2
  4. #4fdaf4
  5. #68dff5
  6. #81e5f7
  7. #9aeaf9
  8. #b3effa
  9. #cdf4fc
  10. #e6fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#03caef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #03caef
  2. #10c3e4
  3. #1cbbd9
  4. #29b4ce
  5. #35acc3
  6. #42a5b8
  7. #4e9eac
  8. #5b96a1
  9. #678f96
  10. #74878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #93c0d1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b2c4f1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #98b1ef ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d7d6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8dc6f0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #78bbef ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00d2e0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-03caef {
  color: #03caef;
}
Background
.bg-03caef {
  background-color: #03caef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-03caef {
  border: 2px solid #03caef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #03caef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 3 202 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 189 98% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-03caef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #03caef, #0354ef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-03caef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(3 202 239 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.54 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.16 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.16 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.77 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 11.15 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.18 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 11.35 #fc3510 Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#03caef  rgb(3, 202, 239)  hsl(189, 98%, 47%)  Sky Blue
#ef2803  rgb(239, 40, 3)  hsl(9, 98%, 47%)  Candy Apple Red
#ef03ca  rgb(239, 3, 202)  hsl(309, 98%, 47%)  Shocking Pink
#caef03  rgb(202, 239, 3)  hsl(69, 98%, 47%)  Electric Lime